Syrian rebels seized one of the largest arms depots located in the central Homs province Wednesday. However, Syrian security officials in Damascus denied the takeover, saying that "fighting was still underway."

In other parts of Syria, mortar rounds fell near Damascus's Umayyad Square and fighting continued near a power plant outside the city of Aleppo. The Observatory reported that there are fears that the clashes near the plant could lead to "a total blacking in Aleppo city."